I held my breath as my new husband thrust into me slowly. I searched his eyes for disappointment but found nothing as he continued to go in and out of me. in fact, he seems to be enjoying it. when…
ADEWUYI BOLUWATIFEFebruary 18, 2019
The third man pumped as the others cheered on holding me down "nyinyi!!! tutawamaliza wote! kabila wajinga!!" i was weak from screaming and trying to fight them off. He finished, got up and spat on me and left me there…
Akello JalekoFebruary 18, 2019
She knew. She'd always known. She'd known she'd be great. Nobody told her. It was a bubbling from inside It was an untapped source, voices trapped in her very core. They talked. They always talked. "Africa's too slow". "She has…
Valerie VishnayFebruary 18, 2019
Twinkle twinkle little star, Feyisola frights and wonders as she ran. Questions, interviews, jobless her, vigoriously searching for her little star. Danger came, as her eyes guttered with regret mixed with cheap makeup that ran rainbows down her merry go…
The JocshowFebruary 18, 2019
I looked at her and wondered why everybody liked her. It all started when Uwa's belly started getting bigger. Baba and Uwa said I'd have a baby sister. I was happy. After her birth, Baba and Uwa were delighted. They…
Augustine MalizuFebruary 18, 2019
In the craggy upland of Jos in the brisk of the evening your strong, warm arms engulfing my head. My head on your naked chest, as you sang those love songs melting my guileless heart and driving me into your…
Okwechime AnthonyFebruary 18, 2019
My name is Ngozi. I'm 18 years old. My mom died when I was twelve. I lived alone with my dad who refused to get married again. I cried each day and told him I needed a mother. He paid…
Kilani EzekielFebruary 18, 2019
It all happened in the city of Lagos, Nigeria. A Sandra was the only child of Mr./Mrs. Duke Okafor. Mr. Duke is a very wealthy and influential business tycoon. At fifteen years, Sandra's parents died in ghastly motor accident. Her…
Kilani EzekielFebruary 18, 2019
My myopic eyes combed the dark room in fear. "Hope they won't come here?" "No, here's too dark, shhh!" Kolade replied. "Kola I am scared", "Shhh! Do not be." I then sat quietly while I mumbled prayers to God for…
Fiberesima Wilson SotonyeFebruary 18, 2019
It was afternoon when he discovered a glass plague on his shelf. Nwabunike must have won an award in university. The other awards, which lined his shelves, were wood and ceramic, and from his secondary-school writing competitions. As this was…
Ositadinma ChinakweFebruary 18, 2019
Eight years ago, Uncle Peter poked my baby flower lustfully, I did not know what it was but it felt wrong, I stared hard at him and ran to mama, she was cooking with uncle Peter’s wife and another strange…
CYNTHIA CHINNY UDEFebruary 17, 2019
Do you believe in destiny or circumstance? Greatness is her destiny but circumstance made the outsiders demean her. Do you believe in grace or luck? She doesn't suffer any natural disaster, surely its grace not luck. Do you believe in…
Ibukun AyodeleFebruary 17, 2019
"Olé Olé” I heard the voices resound in my head and all around me. I saw the butcher lift up his matchet and his mouth was distorted in anger. I saw my bloody hands holding large chunks of meat. Mo…
Godwin IyambaFebruary 17, 2019
I woke up with an eerie feeling, I guess it's because today is the festival of the gods but most importantly it is the day I will oppose tradition. On days like this, no female gender is to be seen…
Nwofor OgechukwuFebruary 17, 2019
“Did anyone touch you there?” I overheard Mom ask my sister. I knew where. I wished would mother ask me. So I could tell her how Aunty always touched me ‘there’, while mocking my inexperience and size, calling me effeminate…
Alu Queen UgoChinyereFebruary 17, 2019
One stormy night,the village of Makuyu received a guest. He knocked hesitantly on the first door he saw. It was answered by a man seasoned by age. The old man read the traveller's pleading eyes and gestured him a welcome…
Hailey NjeriFebruary 17, 2019
The words of others have bore many little holes into her otherwise cold iron heart. Everybody has something to say.. "you are so white" ; "yours jokes are just the dryest" ;"maybe you should wear you hair like everyone else";…
Charity BhokeFebruary 17, 2019
Drip-drip, the blade bleed, It was dark, cold and fuzzy, her best friend has just been cut; Nwabuisi ran fast, she was terrified, but she knew she didn’t want to be circumcised, even though it was the annual cutting season…
Okwechime DennisFebruary 17, 2019
It was my graduation party, the joy of working in a corporate organisation was overwhelming. I have always dreamt this. I started my search for a corporate job but couldn't lay my hands on any. One year after graduation, still…
Taiwo mutiulahiFebruary 17, 2019
He was known for his Bata prowess, the sound of his drum healed the souls of many, they concluded that the host of angels come down at the sound of his drum. He played like his grandfather, they called him…
Precious OyeniranFebruary 16, 2019
Last year it was my sister. I can still hear her screams as they ripped her, blood everywhere. Tomorrow, it will be me. I dread the experience; the pain, possibility of infection, even death. I’ll also have an ugly scar…
Chinasaokwu Sunny-joeFebruary 16, 2019
The young king zelem was trapped by love and seduction,one thing his predecessor excelled over when choosing a partner. They were madmen who made up rules governing their relationship with women-as instrument for procreation and pleasure and consequences when the…
Florence AkubuiloFebruary 16, 2019
Oh! My Africa the homeland of black creature where ages history lies and numerous torture whitemen left us without procedure thinking we going to split with countless terrors long historical suffering dear Africa. Still wonder why there's no unity housing…
Adewumi ConfidentFebruary 16, 2019
The teacher stood beside the board, pointing to the words on it, his mouth moving in rhythm. Everyone seemed too close, sucking all the air away. My mind felt empty, but then again, it always does afterwards. The days always…
Jace ItokoFebruary 16, 2019
Its been two days since I last ate. My stomach burned from the gastric acid that stormed within, threatening to devour me from the inside if it was not appeased with a meal. My sister, Ada, laid quiet on my…
Vivian ikehFebruary 16, 2019
Big Man’s watch went missing; it happened in room nine-fourteen. Small woman was never formally schooled in numbers, but she knew each threadcount at Hotel Douala intimately. At sixteen, a signpost read "domestic ladies only need apply"; papa bartered domestic…
Sarah JumaFebruary 16, 2019
My wife sleeps like the dead. I lie beside her, admiring this wife of my youth who loves me dearly. Shredded orchids caress her hair, face, body; Kissing her, I come away with oily lips. Two weeks she's slept... His…
OmoOhanomahFebruary 15, 2019
She stared at it. It wiggled and squirmed,seeking yet unseeing,delicate and fragile. So this was what it all boiled down to. The result of her transgression. It had caused her grief,stripped her of her dignity and scarred her soul. Friends…
Henri YireFebruary 15, 2019
Adamma danced sheepishly towards her husband-to-be before handing him the ‘mmanya ocha' in front of her in-laws, family and friends. She had dreamed of this day for a long time. As a young lady, she had heard of becoming a…
Anita Igbine.February 15, 2019
Maryam gazed incredulously at the innocent looking girl, as she pleaded for help from her. She narrated her story so melancholically that she decided to hire her for she badly needed a babysitter for her kid, due to the nature…
Khadijah Sidi AliyyFebruary 15, 2019
The door creaked once more as I buried myself under my sweat-soaked quilt. The soft knocks I hear each night began again. Baby Khloe started crying. Chills ran down my spine as the cries of the baby echoed the walls…
Abiola OkunsanyaFebruary 15, 2019
Momma swerved into the bush trying to avoid a head-on collision with the oncoming bike. Drivers that don’t know there is something called double parking actually make things worse. “this woman” the young lad on the bike said “if you…
Ajala marvellousFebruary 15, 2019
Despite Tobi bachelor's and master's degree certificate, he was unemployed. He searched for job in different organizations but he was unlucky because he didn't have enough connection. Tobi became an addict of hard substances. He tried to get money through…
Olufunke SobowaleFebruary 15, 2019
The first five times Chioma had tried to poison her husband, he somehow didn't eat. It was either he overstayed at work, or he just wasn't hungry. But this time, there was no escape. She knew Chike - he'd soon…
la capellaFebruary 15, 2019
We had visited the hospital soon after he took me to the beach to ask for my hand in marriage. The medical doctor in charge of the hospital after conducting the test assured us that our genotype was in order.…
Obioma OkezieFebruary 15, 2019
I watched as his gaze moved lustfully over my body, cajoling me to come and collect the biscuit he bought for me. I shivered unconsciously, wondering why Uncle Tade had that look on his face. Innocently, I went with him.…
Ebunoluwa MeroyiFebruary 15, 2019
It's time for elections again with the same people that robbed us our future and happiness singing the same song in different tunes. I once was a victim, just the previous elections, I thought I was doing what's right by…
Mukhtar IndabawaFebruary 15, 2019
Dapo watched the blurred face above him with eyes stinging, as the soapy water flowed into his mouth which involuntarily fell open, and his lungs desperately searched for air. His limbs trashed around on their own, trying to grope at…
Ehiorobo DerekFebruary 15, 2019
"Tomorrow we tear down the streets" said Charles to Senator Gani. The declaration of results into the Senate was sooner than later. Senator Gani needed a win by hook or by crook. He had already arranged with the National Electoral…
Samuel NzeborFebruary 15, 2019
A thick red juice on my hand, I look to the angel in front of me... Lets go back a bit. I called my babe over, now she's not been coming through lately. As a smart businessman I got insurance,…
MahmudJanuary 29, 2019
Igno stigma here is a combination of two great and kind of similar words that works together in most situations.Ignorance in most sense stand as a blindfold that kills if not taken off early. Stigmatization in some stands as waste…
Odunayo HannahJanuary 29, 2019
She stood in the kitchen,as though equipments and utensils were weapons aimed at her. Orji had discovered their maid has been the one preparing all his meals for months now. No wonder the food tasted different,he could tell his wife's…
Eziada ObianwaJanuary 29, 2019
You can be beautiful You can be bold You can be strong You can be intelligent You can be the best friend someone like me needs You can be bad You can be good You are anything you wish I…
Ajagunna BenitaJanuary 29, 2019
Finally! The dark shadow of myself had given herself a voice and a place in the opaque corners of my mind. Standing there over his dilly dallied figure, everything seemed surreal, I watched myself as the light hauled whatever darkness…
Eju'ojo OnuJanuary 29, 2019
Out of my soil you rose, but now you prefer my brothers to me. Hmm!!! You call me undeveloped, whereas you were produced out of my development. You turned me to a land of terrorism and catastrophe, but you find…
Adenigba Gbenga AdebisiJanuary 29, 2019
Tade had stolen again. Human bodies in white garment moved frantically, the wind blowing the garments in opposite directions of wherever they went. Their feet sank into wet mud. They snatched palm fronds from their sheaths, whilst crying unto God…
ToluwanimiJanuary 29, 2019
She ambles around the casket. It's been more than ten minutes. People are getting impatient. But she can't seem to walk away. They whisper among themselves. "Let her have her time." "No, we are getting late, the corpse should be…
Debbie DulloJanuary 29, 2019
"Uche Amanda" I walk into the interview room. The panel is made up of a beautiful lady and a dark-skinned man, she smiles while he looks at me like I am the cause of the recession in Nigeria. "Tell us…
EvelynJanuary 29, 2019
Mekola was late again. Mama would be worried. He smiled as he remembered the sequence. She would come out of her hut and look at the sky several times. After the fifth cloud passes, she would prepare a basket of…
Ojo InioluwaJanuary 29, 2019
Jakunta was irritated, a loud bang startled the antelope he had been stalking in the dense forest. Spear clenched in hand he now stood, wondering what the strange sound could be. Again, it echoed through the forest, it's ricocheting sound…
Ezetu DoubraJanuary 29, 2019
I found my twin in a bus park. All my life, I had this conviction that I hadn't been alone in my mother's womb. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw myself playing with a little boy, my own…
Yvonne DunuJanuary 29, 2019
The first time a guy tells you he loves you, there are only two colours you can see. Blue and Green. Blue skies closing in on the two of you, taking you to a land of green waters where there…
Favour MartinsJanuary 29, 2019
My mother used to say "Ifa does'nt lie, steal? NEVER!!, Ifa would never take another man's wife. If you feel you've been deceived ask Ifa". Now staring at the labrinth of the pandemonium that has become my life I wonder...…
oluwadarasimiJanuary 29, 2019
“Chim!” mama shouted as papa beat her, as usual. I watched from behind the curtains. My scars taught me to stay away. I just prayed that he wouldn’t hit her belly. My sister was there, Chiziterem. She is God sent…
DoreenJanuary 29, 2019
No its impossible!he kept whispering the same words over and over again.I stared at him,he looked like a fragile porcelain doll,the mighty Czar trembling at my words,i smiled to myself, i couldn't wait to be free.I closed my eyes and…
Precious KefasJanuary 29, 2019
8: 00 am, Prison Yard Machie sits across the large table facing Barrister Iweka. Her oval face is swollen purple and dark hair scattered roughly. Barrister Iweka stares at his client right in the eye and says, ' I'll ask…
Precious ObiabunmoJanuary 28, 2019
"Eat more, Ayò mi" he would say in his fine baritone as he makes insensible hand gestures with the food he brings, he never appeared to care of the sunflies bite, nor of the blood that flows down his hairy…
Dosu David IfeoluwaJanuary 28, 2019
Amina's dream was to become a lawyer. Not because she wanted a better life, but because she believed this would give her an opportunity to say all the things she always wanted to say, to stand and fight for the…
Victory NwadikeJanuary 28, 2019
The icy wind blew hard but the little boy from Igbo land; Chukwudi fought back by fluttering his eyelashes and folding his hands. He smiled at the lady who passed his mother's shop every morning but won't smile back at…
Otasowie Christabel OgiemwonyiDecember 20, 2018
From the moment I touched down at the airport, I knew I was going to enjoy my tour of Africa. Maybe it was the glorious mix of cultures and languages or their numerous different traditional recipes that made me realize…
Ebiere YohDecember 20, 2018
"Men don’t cry” Baba voice was louder this time simultaneously using the whip on my melanin skin adding to the pain Fijabi had earlier inflicted during our clash. “A man must Stand up to his fellow man in a fight”!…
TaiwoDecember 20, 2018
The stench from the gutter teased my nostrils relentlessly. The sun was blazing, as if someone opened the gates of hell. Chai! Empty pan on my head and a wrapper secured about my body, I searched and found shade. The…
A'benaDecember 20, 2018
In the stillness of your room, you can see the shade of Ekene's eyes- grey; the colour of lust. He leans forward and whispers, "We could do it once and never speak of it". You look away. Unsure. You feel…
Bryan Joe OquesiliDecember 20, 2018
He was going to be a great man. It was in his eyes. His eyes showed a boy who would one day on the back of generations of strong men and women in the desert overcome the odds. The eyes…
Nnamdi Komlan-DodohDecember 20, 2018
Two marketplaces dominate my village- the actual market, where buying and selling are the primary aims, sits every morning and the false market which sits at dusk only once in a week with its visitors mostly youths. “Oja Ale”, a…
TaiwoDecember 20, 2018
The only thing louder than Nana's voice were the crickets. Everything else remained still. The winds refused to whistle. The fallen, dried leaves refused to race the sandy ground and make a rustling noise. It even seemed as…
Nnadi CynthiaDecember 20, 2018
Every time they come, I remember the days when all I needed was a warm hug from someone who was proud to own me. Christmas seasons were the worst. They come into the orphanage and leave us parched of love…
Mary JaneDecember 20, 2018
"Tongues will wag", her mother said."As Yoruba women add pepper to ewedu soup, so will people embellish your story. It's better to stay," her friends advised."At least, he buys her nice things," her neighbours whispered."Divorce is forbidden!" the pastor admonished…
Angela UmoruDecember 20, 2018
I will never forget the strange magic of fireflies on one of those warm Umueze nights. I could barely wait to witness the winged creatures that came with the twilight. My grandmother will carefully pierce air holes into the lid…
Tomina EgbokwuNovember 15, 2018
"Which one deserve to die?" No one! Of the gruesome intertribal murders and wars? Of the hunger and epidemic breakout? No one deserve to die. Deaths of our activists, independence fighters? No, it was not deserved. Nevertheless, they gave it…
Oluwatoba OyerinadeNovember 15, 2018
"Mummy. What happened?" Timi asked entering her mother's room. Rubbing her eyes, she added "I heard you scream, mum. Is everything alright?" "Yes dear. I'm fine." Timi's mother replied slowly, her eyes glistening. Drawing Timi closer to her in an…
Fantastic_BeccaNovember 15, 2018
Obatala wields the DNA; the weapon of creation and the ladder to other worlds. It was bestowed upon him by Olodumare after he defeated the alter ego of Eshu and banished him to the forest of burning ashes. Obatala watchers…
ElohimdescarfaceNovember 15, 2018
She stood in front of the wooden mirror examining her body. Her once smooth skin dripping with melanin was now pale. A fresh cut beneath the eye, dry sore lips and saggy cheeks. When did she let all this happen?…
Marystella NatashaNovember 14, 2018